Leavenworth County’s 2013 budget approached its final form Tuesday, with the only question likely left for county commissioners to answer being how much funding to allot toward road and bridge maintenance.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. During the week of July 16, the commission may meet on additional days as it discusses the county's 2013 budget.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. The commission will meet Tuesday, May 29, because Monday, May 28, is Memorial Day.

Different people have different views on whether Leavenworth County provides enough animal-control services for rural residents.
But for now, one thing’s for sure: Nothing’s likely to change in the near future.

Incumbent Clyde Graeber is the only candidate to file so far for either of the Leavenworth County Commission seats that will be up for election in the fall, though a Tonganoxie City Council member has made his intentions known.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. This week, the commission will meet Tuesday and Thursday because the county will observe the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday.

As Leavenworth County Commissioners decide whether and how to proceed with studies into a possible new airport in the county, they will invite officials from the county's four biggest cities to chip in their two cents.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. The week of Dec. 26, the commission will meet twice on Thursday, as county offices will be closed Monday in observance of Christmas.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. This week, because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the commission will meet twice on Monday.

The Leavenworth County Commission tentatively agreed Thursday to fund animal control services and a new emergency medical vehicle in Basehor in the county's 2012 budget.
Altogether, the commissioners' working budget would increase the county mill levy by about 4.7 mills as it stands now.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. This week, the commission will meet on Tuesday because of the Independence Day holiday Monday.

Leavenworth County officials are asking for help responding to medical emergencies in and around Basehor and picking up stray animals from rural areas as county commissioners begin work on the county's 2012 budget.

When Leavenworth County was threatened by possible tornadoes on Saturday, May 21, some residents complained that outdoor warning sirens were sounded for too long, county officials said, and others said they weren't sounded long or loud enough.

The Leavenworth County Commission meets regularly at 9 a.m. each Monday and Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, 300 Walnut St. in Leavenworth. This week, it will meet on Tuesday because of the Memorial Day holiday on Monday.

Leavenworth County's emergency medical services staff will get a break that administrators say is much needed after a county commission vote last week.
The Leavenworth County Commissioners voted, 3-0, on Thursday to allow the EMS department to create a pool of eight on-call part-time employees to fill in as needed for the department's full-time paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

With construction complete on the Sewer District No. 3 sewer line, Leavenworth County commissioners are set to give residents of the district an update on the project and to decide how to decommission the sewage lagoons serving the Glenwood Estates subdivision south of Basehor.

Despite Leavenworth County Commissioners’ disappointment that no residents showed up at last week’s evening meeting in Basehor, the commission will continue to hold its quarterly evening meetings in the southern part of the county, at least for now.

No residents attend public comment session

Despite Leavenworth County Commissioners' disappointment that no residents showed up at last week's evening meeting in Basehor, the commission will continue to hold its quarterly evening meetings in the southern part of the county, at least for now.

As the Leavenworth County Commission prepared last week to narrow down its pool of more than 60 candidates for the county administrator position, the commissioners tangled over what sorts of qualities to look for in a prospective administrator.

As the Leavenworth County Commission prepared last week to narrow down its pool of more than 60 candidates for the county administrator position, the commissioners tangled over what sorts of qualities to look for in a prospective administrator.

New board to convene for first time, meet to review administrator candidates

The new Leavenworth County Commission will convene for the first time on Monday with commissioner-elect Bob Holland, and the commissioners will meet in executive session to begin reviewing county administrator applicants on Thursday.

After an upswing in unincorporated Leavenworth County residents asking the county to waive building fees for homes built on agricultural property, the County Commission on Monday tackled the issue of establishing more specific standards for waiving those fees.

The Leavenworth County Commission last week again pushed back a decision on what to do about the county government’s top appointed position, this time to allow for the input of the new commissioner-to-be.

After the Leavenworth County administrator announced this week that she will resign later this month, county commissioner J.C. Tellefson proposed Thursday that the county place an initiative on the April general election ballot seeking voters' approval of the county administrator position.

As the Leavenworth County Commission on Monday finalized the financial details of a street improvement project pushed by the residents of two subdivisions southwest of Basehor, two couples made the trip to the county courthouse to show their appreciation.

Outflanked and outvoted, Leavenworth County Commissioner J.C. Tellefson has given up on his push to advance an enhanced Kansas Highway 5 plan as the county’s sole project for the 10-year, $8.2 billion Kansas transportation plan.

After day one the Leavenworth County Commission’s 2011 budget hearings, Commissioner J.C. Tellefson figured he was about 1 mill in the red from his and the commission’s commitment to produce a budget with no mill increase.
One mill of taxing authority earns the county $569,000.

The Leavenworth County Commission agreed to wait for additional information before requesting for a Kansas attorney general’s opinion on the possible uses of a fee collected in the Leavenworth County Register of Deeds office.

Frustrated and bewildered Leavenworth County commissioners agreed they and county staff would continue to press Federal Emergency Management Administration officials in the wake of the agency recently denying a grant and turning down an emergency reimbursement request.

A sharp raise in the annual fee assessed to county residential lots was among the suggestions presented Monday to Leavenworth County commissioners as a way to bring long-term stability to the county transfer station

After a week that could have confused the calmest multitasking air traffic controller, the Leavenworth County Commission has invited a representative of the Federal Aviation Administration to discuss how to move ahead with studies for a new general aviation airport in the county.

They’ve gone through the books, they’ve made some cuts, they’ve listened to the public and on Monday city and county officials rolled up their sleeves one more time to make cuts before approving their 2010 budgets.

The Leavenworth County Commissioners don’t have money in next year’s budget to pay a firm to develop a land use plan, but to keep development rolling they are looking at another option on County Road 1.

Weeks after the Board of County Commissioners asked RED Development to put out a proposal on a plan to help the county maximize development opportunities along the County Road 1 corridor, the board is still trying to decide if it will take the outside help.

While all of the Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners agree that they want to see planned commercial, industrial and residential development along County Road 1, they don’t completely agree on which parts of the plan need to be outsourced and how much it’s going to cost.

In September, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development allocated nearly $4 billion to state and local governments to provide assistance to acquire and redevelop foreclosed properties to keep them from becoming a blight to the community.

Before making any decisions on the future of the Kansas Sampler Festival, the Leavenworth Board of County Commissioners wanted to make sure everyone who was financially supporting the event was still on board.

According to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, the Board of County Commissioners did not violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act when discussing the 2009 budget and the reduction in force in executive session.

According to the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, the Board of County Commissioners did not violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act earlier this year when discussing the 2009 budget and the reduction in force.

Leavenworth County commission chairman Clyde Graeber unveiled "the best figure we (the board) have at this time" in regard to the county's official pledge of special sales tax revenue for the County Road 1 interchange project in southern Leavenworth County in a regular meeting Thursday.

It's official now.
With the adoption of Resolution No. 2008-05 on Monday, county commissioners identified exactly what projects will be financed under a multimillion-dollar general obligation bond that will be reimbursed by the voter-approved 1-cent sales tax that running through 2016.

County commissioners determined Thursday that a $27,500 sewer study, conducted by Olathe-based Ponzer-Youngquist in 2006, should not have been paid for solely by Sewer District No. 7, which services the Cedar Falls and Cedar Lakes subdivisions south of Basehor.

Heather Morgan, who currently works in Topeka as the state Juvenile Justice Authority's director of public and legislative affairs and federal programs, will assume her role as county administrator on April 7.